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UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST
Iranian Regime is Deceiving Us, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Says
Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said: “The Iranian regime is playing a deceptive game with us, along with dragging out negotiations on a nuclear deal.”
“There are tough sanctions that cannot be easily and unilaterally lifted by the government,” Sen. Bob Menendez told PBS correspondent Margaret Hoover.
Senator Mendez added: “The administration has shown the world that it is willing to enter into negotiations with Iran for a stronger and longer-term agreement. And I think what you get should be stronger and longer-lasting. I think Iran is playing the game of deception with us. They stretch time, they move forward at the same time, and the consequence is that the window, in my view, is really narrowing.
UPDATE: 8:00 PM CEST
10 Kids and 4 Teachers Injured as School Building Collapses in Northern Iran
On Saturday morning, due to the collapse of a school wall in Aliabad Katoul, Golestan province, 10 students and 4 teachers were injured. The state-run Javan news agency reported: “According to Ehsan Gohariorad, director-general of education in Golestan province, upon the collapse of the brick wall of the Fereshtegan non-governmental girls’ primary school in Aliabad Katoul the injured were immediately taken to the city’s medical center by ambulance.”
According to the state-run Mehr news agency, the cause of the collapse was the unprofessional excavation work that has been taking place next to the school building.
Four World Leaders Express Determination To Prevent An Iranian Nuclear Weapon
Whitehouse.gov – We, the President of France, Chancellor of Germany, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and President of the United States met in Rome today to discuss the risks posed to international security by Iran’s escalating nuclear program. We expressed our determination to ensure that Iran can never develop or acquire a nuclear weapon and shared our grave and growing concern that, while Iran halted negotiations on a return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) since June, it has accelerated the pace of provocative nuclear steps, such as the production of highly enriched uranium and enriched uranium metal. Iran has no credible civilian need for either measure, but both are important to nuclear weapons programs.
UPDATE: 7:00 PM CEST
Lebanese Leaders Call Blame the Iranian Regime for Crisis in Lebanon
Amid the rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and the Lebanese government, former Lebanese Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri blamed the Iranian regime for the political crisis in Lebanon.
Former Lebanese Minister of Justice Ashraf Rifi told Al-Hadath: “We are hostages of the Iranian regime’s agenda in Lebanon. We revolted two years ago and said that we are hostages and today this continues to happen… I believe we have started a great uprising to liberate ourselves from the clutches of the Iranian regime.”
Protesting remarks by a Lebanese minister who supports Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia has called on the Lebanese ambassador to Saudi Arabia to leave the country and has also recalled its own ambassador to Beirut.
The Kuwaiti government also announced on Saturday that it had given the Lebanese ambassador in Kuwait City 48 hours to leave the country. According to Reuters, quoting the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country has also recalled its ambassador from Beirut. Yesterday, Bahrain expelled the Lebanese ambassador from Manama.
Saturday Protests in Iran
On Saturday, teachers in Tehran held a rally in front of the regime’s parliament to protest their poor living conditions and urged the officials to listen to address their demands.
Today, a group of school servants and caretakers held a rally in front of the regime’s parliament protesting the poor living conditions and low salaries at the same time as the teachers’ rally was taking place.
Physician assistants of Imam Hossein Hospital in Tehran stopped all medical procedures of the hospital and gathered in protest of their intolerable living conditions.
Residents of Malekabad village in Arak held a rally, protesting against the Judiciary’s verdict that favored the General Directorate of Endowment’s decision to claim ownership of the villagers’ lands and confiscate the local’s poverty.
Abadan Petrochemical workers gathered in front of the company to protest. Among the demands of these workers are reforming the job classification plan, job security, and the return to work of four of their fired colleagues who were unjustly dismissed.
The people of Mahabad rallied on Saturday, protesting of what they called the unauthorized withdrawal of water by the Natanz Steel Factory, which is drying up of a 3,000-year-old aqueduct in the city of Mahabad.
Today, Razi Petrochemical workers continued their protest against the managers’ failure to keep their promises and pay their wages.
A number of workers of Golnaz vegetable oil factory in Gilan province held a protest rally at the factory. According to the protesting workers, the employer is sending about 300 workers on forced leave each month, announcing a temporary closure of the plant.
Residents of Chamachai village in Gilan province staged a protest rally this morning and opposed the election of a new mayor of the village.
Workers of Khorramshahr Municipality held a rally on Saturday, protesting unpaid wages for up to six months as well as delayed payments for insurance premiums for eight months.
The workers and employees of Ardabil Steel Plant gathered at the factory, protesting two months of delayed payments and the authorities’ refusal to pay their insurance premiums for 18 months.
A number of residents of the village from the old city of Neishabour rallied to protest the poor conditions of the village’s road, which is adjacent to the railway.
Municipality workers in Bidrobeh in Khuzestan province staged a rally, protesting that their salaries haven’t been paid for four months. The chairman of Bidrobeh Andimeshk city council said: “Considering that we do not have a stable income at the municipality… workers have not received their salaries for 4 months, while the municipal employees also have 2 months of unpaid salaries.
UPDATE: 1:00 PM CEST
Us Is Deeply Skeptical and Considering Taking Tougher Action as Iran Says It Will Return to Nuclear Talks
CNN – US officials are highly skeptical that renewed talks over the Iran nuclear deal will yield the desired results and are actively discussing imposing penalties on Tehran as President Joe Biden prepares to meet with key allies on the margins of the G20 to chart a path forward.
Biden and his counterparts from the United Kingdom, Germany, and France will meet in Rome on Saturday just one day after the US imposed new sanctions on Iran related to its drone program and less than a week after Tehran announced it would return to the talks in Vienna following a months-long hiatus.
UPDATE: 8:30 AM CEST
Activities of MEK Resistance Units on the day of Cyrus the Great
Neither the Shah nor the mullahs, Cyrus, Mossadegh, hail to you
Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Have Passed 466,600
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Friday, October 29, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities had exceeded 466,600. The number of victims in Tehran has exceeded 109,335, Khorasan Razavi 38,150, Isfahan 31,765, Khuzestan 28,570, West Azerbaijan 17,273, Fars 17,070, East Azerbaijan 16,223, Lorestan 15,495, Qom 12,740, Kerman 12,432, Golestan 10,295, Hamedan 8,703, Ardabil 5,815, Bushehr 5,234, and Zanjan 4,430.
Washington, D.C., Summit Calls for Firm Policy Against Iran’s Regime
Iranian expats gathered in a conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to echo the desires of millions of people who want to live in freedom in Iran. The conference, titled, “2021 Free Iran Summit: Holding Ebrahim Raisi Accountable for Crimes Against Humanity Genocide, Regional Meddling & Nuclear Defiance,” featured speeches from Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Mike Pence, the 48th Vice President of the United States, and other distinguished American politicians.
Free Iran Summit 2021 Echoes Call for Raisi To Be Held Accountable for His Crimes Against Humanity
The Iranian-American Communities in the United States held a bi-partisan conference in Washington D.C. on October 28 to examine the Iranian regime’s malign activities, notably their nuclear program and their spread of terrorism, as well as their president Ebrahim Raisi’s role in the 1988 massacre in Iran.
The event was attended by a number of American politicians, with Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) addressing participants via a video message. Many of the participants of the event echoed the continued calls for Raisi and the rest of the regime to be held accountable for their malign activities.
Iran Cyber Police Arrests 17 People for “Promoting Western Lifestyles” in Northern Iran
The Chief of Iran’s Cyber Police (FATA) in the northern province of Mazandaran said yesterday that 17 Instagram account owners were identified and detained in Behshahr, northern Iran. According to the state-run Rokna News Agency, they were detained for posting content that “promotes Western lifestyles” and for “publishing vulgar images and modeling ads”. Sameh Khorshad, the Chief of Iran’s Cyber Police in Mazandaran, said the judge ordered all 17 Instagram accounts to be blocked, and after removal of their content, the FATA police logo will be posted on their accounts.
Susan Rezaiipour Hanged in Qazvin; The 122nd Woman Executed Since 2013
Susan Rezaiipour was hanged in Qazvin; the 122nd woman executed since 2013. Susan Rezaiipour was hanged in the Central Prison of Qazvin at dawn on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. This is the 122nd woman executed since the summer of 2013. Susan Rezaiipour is among the women who are victims of forced early marriages and domestic violence. She acted in self-defense when she murdered her husband six years ago.
Read more: Iran News in Brief – October 29, 2021
